German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
Dritter
Meaning in English: third party; third (place)
This is a form of Dritte, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Beim Rennen wurde er am Ende Dritter.
He finished third in the race.
How common is Dritter?
Dritter is number 2,749 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,745klassischeclassical, classic
- 2,746übermittelttransmitted, sent
- 2,747die Vermittlungplacement, mediation, arranging
- 2,748eingeschränktlimited, restricted
- 2,749Dritterthird party; third (place)
- 2,750die Berücksichtigungconsideration
- 2,751Netzwerkenetworks
- 2,752wartetwaits, is waiting
- 2,753Generationengenerations
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